Castelgomberto patch reefs, eastern Lessini Mountains, Vicenza (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Reef 684, Zaia

Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.8° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Castelgomberto Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• lagoonal patch-reefs

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. R. Bosellini and E. Trevisani. 1992. Coral facies and cyclicity in the Castelgomberto Limestone (Early Oligocene, Eastern Lessini Mountains, Northern Italy). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 98(3):339-352 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70053: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.03.2007, edited by Pete Wagner and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Agathiphyllia gregaria Catullo 1852 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia subdenticulata Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
"Colpophyllia stellata" = Hydnophyllia stellata Catullo 1856 stony coral
Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847 stony coral
Caulastrea pseudoflabellum Catullo 1852 stony coral
"Cereiphyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868 stony coral
Tarbellastraea ovalis von Guembel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Montastrea inaequalis von Guembel 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis rollei Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Orthocardium commutatum2 Rovereto 1898 cockle
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Porcellanidae
Petrolisthes vicetinus1 Beschin et al. 2001 decapod
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Palaeomunida defecta1 Lorenthey 1902 decapod
 Decapoda - Dairidae
Daira depressa1 Milne Edwards 1865 crab
 Decapoda - Dromiidae
Dromilites corvini1 Bittner 1893 crab